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An excellent meeting of the English Democrats was held in Bridlington on the Yorkshire coast last night. The following report was written by Chris Beverley, the party's Leeds Chairman, who spoke at the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Gary Pudsey, who opened the meeting and told the audience of the ongoing work of local English Democrat activists in the town. This consists primarily of regular leafleting, with the aim of raising the profile of our party in the town in the run up to the next round of local elections in 2015. The first speaker was Michael Cassidy, former area chairman for Yorkshire English Democrats, and current Hull committee member. Michael gave a fascinating speech that encompassed a wide variety of issues relating to our party. He explained how the party had grown from a handful of members in Yorkshire in the early 2000s to a vibrant area with 8 active branches today. On policy, he offered a fascinating and thought-provoking insight into his views of the English Parliament issue, one of the English Democrats cornerstone policies, but one, he argued, that fails to enthuse a sufficiently large section of the electorate in the same way as issues such as immigration or the EU do. This is not a failing of the policy itself, which is undoubtedly important and a necessary prerequisite of the achievement of fairness and democratic accountability for the people of England. Rather, the policy needs presenting in a more emotive way and we as a party need to demonstrate that the creation of an English Parliament is imperative if the English people are to be given a voice. Michael spoke about the importance of the nation state and impugned liberal claims that nation states are an increasing irrelevance in the modern world. On the contrary, he argued; nation states are a cornerstone of our civilisation. Michael's speech was very well received by those present, many of whom were attending their first English Democrats meeting and were pleased to learn more about our party's history and ideology. Following Michael's speech a collection was held in which £282.00 was raised. This paid for the buffet and a new order of leaflets that had been bought for distribution in Bridlington, as well as the excellent new banner which can be seen in the photographs accompanying this article, and a good sum was left to bank and put towards future campaigning. Following a short break I delivered my speech. I began by paying tribute to the hard work done by Michael Cassidy in the Yorkshire area over the past few years, and said what a pleasure it was for me to be speaking at the first meeting of the English Democrats in Bridlington. I spoke of the potential for our party but reminded those present as to the debilitating effect that political correctness had had on our people and society. I spoke on the English Democrats approach to politics, and why I believe this is the correct and only way to pursue a patriotic political agenda, and I spoke on attempts by some to divide our patriotic cause into various factions, which I argued was unnecessary and contrary to the interests of our movement. I will be posting the text of my speech online here www.chrisbeverley.com shortly. All in all this was a fantastic meeting which has helped to put our party on the map in this town.
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Excellent Meeting in Bridlington
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